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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2001

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-crested Tiger-heron Tigriornis leucolopha	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	winter	1986	3,900 individuals	A4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	non-breeding	1986	500 individuals	A4i
Red-legged Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Western Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Buccanodon duchaillui	NR	resident	1997	present	A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Campethera nivosa	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Melancholy Woodpecker Dendropicos lugubris	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia blissetti	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Grey-hooded Capuchin Babbler Phyllanthus atripennis	VU	resident	1997	present	A3
Copper-tailed Starling Hylopsar cupreocauda	NT	resident	1997	present	A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Blue-shouldered Robin-chat Cossypha cyanocampter	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Mouse-brown Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Reichenbach's Sunbird Anabathmis reichenbachii	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Carmelite Sunbird Chalcomitra fuliginosa	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Chestnut-and-black Weaver Ploceus castaneofuscus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Crimson Seedcracker Pyrenestes sanguineus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor	LC	resident	1997	present	A3

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	annual & perennial non-timber crops - agro-industry farming	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Biological resource use	gathering terrestrial plants - unintentional effects (species being assessed is not the target)	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Energy production and mining	mining and quarrying	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - unspecified species	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Pollution	domestic & urban waste water - type unknown/unrecorded	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Residential and commercial development	commercial and industrial development	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Residential and commercial development	housing and urban areas	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Lake Piso Ramsar Site	Other	76,100	protected area contains site	4,560
Lake Piso Multiple Sustainable Use Reserve	Multiple Sustainable Use Reserve	33,914	protected area overlaps with site	0
Lake Piso	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	76,091	protected area contains site	4,560
Cape Mount	Nature Conservation Unit	55,400	protected area contains site	4,560

The local conservation groups below are working to support conservation at this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Piso Conservation Forum	2006

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local conservation groups please click here.

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Unknown		-
Wetlands (inland)		-
Forest		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
forestry	-
other	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lake Piso (Cape Mount). Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 10/08/2022.